RCGNTN: make local your focal

For This Cycle will be making a comeback, and to kick it off he’ll be having a mini tour to release two singles from his upcoming full length album in a CD entitled “Midnight Tales” in the month of March. Starting 16th March ‘10 at the Esplanade Outdoor Theatre till 27th March’s Weekend Trip at the new *scape: the warehouse, you can be sure it’s going to be good.

For This Cycle – Single Launch Mini Tour
16th March 2010 9:00 PM – Mosaic Festival – Indie-Mande @ Esplanade Outdoor Theater
19th March 2010 11:00 PM – Mosaic Festival – Music & Lyrics @ Esplanade Outdoor Theater
27th March 2010 5:00 PM – Weekend Trip – Up Close & Personal @ *scape: the lab
27th March 2010 9:45 PM – Weekend Trip @ *scape: the warehouse (*NOTE: The performance events for this Weekend Trip will be held at the new *scape for the first time so do check it out!)

Merch
For This Cycle – Midnight Tales Single – $4
For This Cycle – EP – $12
Both CDs – $15

For the first time in Singapore, Red Bull will be hosting it’s popular international pop art competition here on our sunny island. We have come to associate Red Bull with vibrancy and creativity and this competition proves that the brand strives for nothing less.

Red Bull Art of Can was officially launched on the 1st of March, and will be concluding with an exhibition for 10 days at the new *SCAPE from 2nd to 11th of July and finally a judging. The only rule participants have to abide to is to use Red Bull’s trademark cans as part of their artwork, which deserves more thumbs up from us for their recycling efforts.

The great thing about Red Bull Art of Can competition is that anyone can take part and the sky’s the limit. I love how they don’t put a cap on anyone’s creativity because creativity is wild and unpredictable. And the prizes are nothing less than the best, I personally feel that getting even the 3rd prize would make me a very happy winner; the prizes are a trip for 2 to Berlin, weekend trip for 2 to Melbourne and a Canon DSLR camera for 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Red Bull sure knows how to make people happy.

It’s a win-win situation for everyone because even the public (for the self-proclaimed uncreative people) can get in on the fun by voting on their website! A lucky voter will win a Canon digital camera.

SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?! Registration is now open online at www.redbullartofcan.sg from now to 15 May!

Young will be performing in this year’s Mosaic Music Festival, which is an annual music festival organized by The Esplanade. He will be part of the ‘Street Beats’ segment lineup with Goodnight Electric (Indonesia) & D-Coy & Beatmatics (Phillipines)

Exposure to music and poetry at a very young age allowed Young to discover the moving power of hip-hop. Starting out with the electronica/hip-hop trio Psykes, Young has since moved on and continued to write emotional and personal songs as a solo artist. His debut album “Love.Soul.Desire” is a testament to that.

He will be performing selections of songs from “Love.Soul.Desire.” which is is a collection of his visions, thoughts and feelings carefully crafted into audio formats with the intention to share with his listeners. Expect an emotional portfolio presentation of rap poetry recitals backed by live music by his band The Weekdend Vigilantes.

Show your support and  come down to check out some live hiphop from the Street Beats lineup. Admission is FREE.

Date: 14th March 2010 (Sunday)
Time: 7.30pm – 11.40pm
Venue: Outdoor Theatre, Esplanade
Cost: Free
Mosaic Website: www.mosaicmusicfestival.com

Schedule:
7:00pm – 7.40pm | Young with The Weekend Vigilantes (Singapore)
8:00pm – 8.40pm | Goodnight Electric (Indonesia)
9:00pm – 9.40pm | D-Coy with The Beatmathics (The Philippines)
10:00pm – 10.00pm | Goodnight Electric (Indonesia)
11:00pm – 11.40pm | D-Coy with The Beatmathics (The Philippines)

*Source: XS1.sg

DONUTS 1st ANNIVERSARY
MAR 11 2010 | 9pm-3am | O BAR

“Wow! Its been a year?!

We’ve got an excellent line up for you planned; including DJ Ollie’Des, DJ Krumbs, DJ J-Stylez and DJ Ko Flow. And rounding off the line up is Mic Supremo, Altimet!

And dont be surprised if your local B Boys start windmillin through the dance floor!”
*source: Bedsty Facebook page

Here are some photos from last month’s Donuts:

*photos: Bedsty

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On the 6th of March, fill your walls art gallery will open it’s doors to the public for the first time. For it’s first ever group exhibition, Singapore: Our Heritage, fill your walls will have 5 young artists show their work – Rosihan Dahim, Vincent Chow, William Sim, Jenny Sim and Khai. Expect to see a mix of mediums and elements come together, but all drawing their inspiration from the bustling city of Singapore.

As with all art forms here, we could always do with a little support. So do come down to take a look!

fill your walls is located at 21 Tanjong Pagar Rd, #04-02 and opens from 10am to 10pm.

The good people from Bedsty are at it again!

“Every 1st FRIDAY of the month
Blu Jaz Cafe (Level 2) | 9pm-3am | FREE ENTRY

“Good Times” is a unique event produced by BEDSTY MUSIC, where everybody is invited to let their guard down, shimmy on to good old school tunes, funky breaks, and boogie into the night as we up the tempo and beat.

“Good Times” is all for a night out with your best mates, filled with zany incidents and crazy antics. We invite you to rock up to a night where you are the master of the dance floor.

We’ll clear a space for you to bust your signature moves.

The night will feature a progressive mix of old school hiphop, breaks, electro, minimal, house, dubstep, dnb and jungle provided by your favorite DJs…

Every month, we start at 9pm, all the way to 3am!
So step on up and enjoy Good Times with us!

ENTRY IS FREE!”
*source: Bedsty

Here are some pictures from last month’s “Good Times”:

See you guys on the 5th!

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Could this possibly mark the start to the government taking child education seriously? On the 6th of May, the NBDCS and the Arts House will come together to hold the Asian Festival of Children’s Content. For the span of 4 days, there will be conferences, workshops and forums for those involved in the multi-media industry for children.

The event is not only open to industry players, but parents and teachers as well.

I applaud the organizers for playing their part in emphasizing the importance of art in children’s education. We all know the local education system is slightly lopsided currently, so a change is definitely in order. Early childhood teachers and art teachers everywhere, be encouraged!

Credited for altering the way people looked at Western and Chinese art, the late Chua Ek Kay successfully combined both traditions of painting. In tribute to his bravery and brilliance, 26 of his best works will be exhibited at the Singapore Tyler Print Institute including a hand-coloured paper pulp works.

Also, Chua Ek Kay has done an amazing job in challenging the way we think and our perception on stereotypes. By fusing both the Western and Chinese traditional form of art, he has proven that nothing is impossible. And in such a time when minds are getting lazy, the tribute has definitely come at the right time to give us a nudge out of our comfortable couches.

I dare you to be inspired.

Re-visiting Chua Ek Kay: Tribute to the ink master exhibits from the 5th of March and will run all the way till 20th March.

Coming up this 6th March at DBL O Art Space 7 comes Clogtwo, possibly one of the craziest artists I have seen as yet. Ttiled Terror-wrist, be prepared to experience some of the most detailed and unbelieveable display of technique and creativity this man has to offer. Plus with his most recent experimentation with ‘tumorism’- the style derived from the understanding of a parasite that feeds on the host (metaphorically applied on the act of modern human civilisation), be sure to check it out.

It’s quite baffling how someone can be so well-known else where but not in her own country. Lim Shing Ee, has had 9 solo and 35 group exhibitions all around Asia, China and Japan; no small feat for someone who is only 34 this year. Having graduated from LaSalle in 1998, Shing Ee has gone on to complete her scholarship from Musashino Art University and the rest is history.

Influenced by her stay in Japan (she now resides there), her art is done with basic lines and curves. This is evident in her latest exhibition, Drawing Circus, where her sculptures are made up of basic shapes. Usually creating art by ink and paper, Shing Ee uses space this time to allow her audience to interact with her art.

I had no idea what to expect, and when I got a look of the irregular layout of her sculptures I had no idea what to make of them. Simply shaped forms that were pasted on the floor made me feel as though I was stepping on her canvas; that even the floor was part of her exhibition.

She cleverly made used of both 2D and 3D by pasting forms on the walls as well, she was able to make the relatively large space seem small and cluttered; just like in a circus when you feel overwhelmed by everything. I loved how the use of the space on the floor and walls successfully forced us to stretch our necks to look up and down again. Then there were the tiny details where you had to go near or on your knees to see what they were.

Her simply shaped structures would also have you thinking about their resemblance to anything related to a circus, such as an elephant or a tent. Till now, I am still clueless as to what some sculptures resemble but it is the allowance to different interpretations that make her simple sculptures work.

Lim Shing Ee’s exhibition, Drawing Circus, is open now at Sculpture Square from now till 7 March 2010.